Further Reading

Chronology

Operation Southern Watch
1992 Events

27 December 1992 -- A Southern Watch F-16 intercepted and shot down an Iraqi MiG
violating the southern no-fly zone.

26 August 1992 -- President Bush announced Operation Southern Watch, which banned
all Iraqi flights south of the 32d parallel. He imposed the new restrictions in response
to Saddam Husseins attacks on Shiite rebels and civilians in southern Iraq. On 28
August, USAFE deployed four F-4Gs from the 52d Fighter Wing to Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, to
support the new operation.